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Grinning Ghoul
12+ albums
old school death metaldeath metalthrash till death
about
Grinning Ghoul are a metal band from Lier, Belgium. In the likes of Morbid Angel and Suffocation, Grinning Ghoul started out as a death metal band. Sven Van Den Broeck, Leslie Andries, Occulta and Steven Heirwig started the band as Cacodaemon, a name that didn't stick with people so easily. Later the group was renamed to Grinning Ghoul, and with this line-up the first song "Bound To Absu" came to be. A first line-up change happened about 6 months after they started. Occulta left the group so he could fully concentrate on "Avatar", a well respected black metal underground group. Steven was kicked out and both were replaced by Mattijs Buys and Spawn Daemon. Filip de Winter replaced bass about a year after the original formation of the band and with this complete line-up they could start making records again. Their first demo was called "Al Azif" and came to be late 1996 at "Nightingale Studios" in Berchem - Belgium. On the demo tape there was "Lifeless Lady", "Daemonical Existence", "Spawn The Rage", "Touch Of Sickness", and "Bound To Absu". A great deal of the lyrics were influenced by H.P. Lovecraft and The Necronomicon. The first gig took place in Lier, at the Prins Kardinaal. Joining them on the gig were Orchrist and Avatar. They recieved good reactions and Grinning Ghoul was climbing upwards on the metal ladder. Grinning Ghoul suffered a huge blow when members Spawn Deamon and Sven quit. Almost a year went by without any noise from the band. Patrick Smolderen (Patj
